I Continue to Make Pottery! (09/18/19)

To assist with making long legged pots, I created clay supports. If I continue to post pictures of my work in progress, you might see them below the pots. I make them out of the same clay; I just allow them to dry out so they can then support the piece. I usually then keep the support in place and it follows the piece, straight into the kiln. So I have a small collection of supports, some are bisque fired. Some have been fired multiple times. 
Last night I made two pieces. Decided my second piece for the night would be a sea urchin. Truthfully, this was more of an 'intermission' piece while I worked on my first pot, a Zoidberg. Or the Z. I installed the legs on the Z, allowed them to dry a bit; worked on the sea urchin, then came back and finished the eyes and tentacles. So back to the sea urchin. Decided I was going to use short, fat 'quills'. The end result looks sorta more like those old timey sea mines. It also looks cute, I think.

It's been a while since I made a Zoidberg. Last time I made two Z's, but one broke. Happens. Decided to make one. Was thinking about the fat headed octopot with skinny legs. Was also thinking about the last Z I made. That Z had smaller eyes and tiny tentacles compared to other Z's I made in the past. In this instance, tentacles are meant as the dangly mouth parts as opposed to the legs it stands on. Anyhoots,  I purposely wanted to make a Z with thicker legs, bigger eyes, and more pronounced tentacles. I like the results:

 I have two or three more pre made pots. Hopefully I'll be working on some more tonight. Maybe I'll make another spider pot?